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THE BATTALION Page 2 College Station, Texas Thursday, April 12, 1973 Listen Up— CADET SLOUCH by jim Earie (]ainpus "Litter’ A Problem Editor: The Student Government has reached the end of Election Trail ’73 with a run-off and a flourish (Hail, Layne Kruse!). But for those who suffer from instant nostalgia, the long, hard road to victory (everybody wins) has not, to date, disappeared. They can ramble down memory lane anytime simply by walking past the University Hospital or, better still, between Hart and Bizzell Halls. The way is clearly marked by broken signs and lean ing placards — battle debris. Ap parently, the candidates’ clean up committees are not quite as enthusiastic as their campaign ers, and everybody loses in the litter. Brenda Wauson ’76 Amen.—Ed. “I take it you’re in favor of optional laundry for the fall of 1974?” ★ ★ ★ Editor: Last night I attended a very interesting Great Issues program which featured Rod Serling. His talk was excellent, and the ques tion and answer session demon strated that Serling is indeed a very informed speaker. However, the Great Issues Committee, in their usual manner, tried to se verely limit the time for the ses- Your Job Or Your Wages At the recent National Student Lobby Conference held in Washington, D.C., student college representatives were given an opportunity to lobby their congressmen in support of a minimum wage hike proposal—one that would include teen and student workers. At the time of the conference, students were led to be lieve that the new Secretary of Labor, Peter Brennan, would support this type of legislation. One wonders what influence the Nixon Administration had over him when he announced Tuesday a proposal calling for an eventual wage hi^e to $2.30, but disqualifying youth for the raise during a 13-week period for 18- and 19-year-olds and 20 weeks for workers under 20. More exactly, the proposal calls for an increase of $1.90 upon enactment, $2.10 a year later, $2.20 in 1975 and $2.30 in 1976. Brennan had opposed a youth differential when he appeared before the Senate Labor Committee for his con firmation in January. We don’t envy the position Brennan is in, either with the administration or the nation’s students—it’s a real hot seat for trouble. Arguments in favor of the sub-minimum wage focus on “creating jobs for unemployed teenagers (16unemployed). However, U.S. Department of Labor statistics show that youth unemployment fluctuates with the state of the econ omy rather than with adjustments such as the sub-minimum wage for students and youth. Most observers expect some employers to replace older workers with teenagers if this legislation passes. Almost all observers agree the basic prob lem is unemployment in general, and that jobs can be created by Congress directly through domestic programs such as mass transit, health care and pollution control. Students of the nation’s economy may try to strike this proposal down, but youth generally looks upon the situation in this manner: It’s better to have a low-paying job than no job at all. Because youth on the average doesn’t have as much to offer employers in terms of experience, youth doesn’t have as much to offer others in the majority age bracket. If legislation is passed with a wage increase across the board, youth will find that employers can’t afford all the employes they want to have, and so, won’t hire them. Since we most assuredly won’t be able to get the ideal situation—no minimum wage at all—we propose that it would be in the best interest of all concerned if the mini mum wage were not increased for anyone. Sure, some students might be hired at the higher wage even without the sub-minimum provision, but the majority of youth would find mowing lawns for the summer not very interesting. Whichever side is taken on the proposal, it is note worthy of attention. An Aggie ring and a smile is not much to offer an employer who faces a higher minimum wage payment. Cbe Battalion Opinions expressed in The Battalion are those of Represented nationally by National Educational Advertising (he student writers only. The Battalion is a non-tax- Services, Inc, New York City, Chicago and Los Angeles. supported, non-profit, self-supporting educational enter- MEMBER prise edited and operated by students as a university and The Associated Press, Texas Press Association community newspaper. Mail subscriptions are $3.50 per semester; $6 per school LETTERS POLICY year; $6.50 per full year. All subscriptions subject to 6% a A t i'a , sales tax. Advertising rate furnished on request. Address: Letters to the editor must be typed, double-spaced, The Battalion, Room 217, Services Building, College Station, and no more than 300 words in length. They must be Texas 77843. signed, although the writer’s name will be withheld by arrangement with the editor. Address correspondence to Th e Associated Press is entitled exclusively to the use for i ■ . *.. r,-1 i> i. i- rt of— r • rt • i j• reproduction of all news dispatchs credited to it or not J.isten Up, The Battalion, Boom 217, Services Building, Otherwise credited in the paper and local news of spontaneous College Station, Texas 77813. origin published herein. Rights of republication of all other matter herein are also reserved. Second-Class postage paid at College Station, Texas. Members of the Student Publications Board are: Jim Lindsey, chairman ; Dr. Tom Adair, Dr. R. A. Albanese, Dr. H. E. Hierth, W. C. Harrison, J. W. Griffith, L. E. Kruse and EDITOR MIKE RICE B - Sear3 News Editor Rod Speer Women’s Editor Janet Landers The Battalion, a student newspaper at Texas A&M, is Sports Editor Bill Henry am!*** siK^risf^om** May, and once a week during summer school. DISCOUNT COUPON DISCOUNT COUPON 15% A W Bring this coupon to A&W Drive In, at 4611 Texas Ave., and receive a 15% discount on your entire order. Our complete menu is on sale ! ! Coupon MUST Accompany Your Order. Coupon Expires April 15th, So Hurry! Phone orders welcome. Call 846-3333. 4611 Texas Ave. — College Station COUPON sion; further, they limited the questions to six which they se lected. Serling refused to stand for this, and invited questions from the floor. In the process of answering a second question, Serling was rudely interrupted by a spokesman who said that anyone having a question should come to the front microphone. Again, the question and answer session was broken off promptly at 9:30, even though Serling ap peared quite content to continue. This procedure seemed strange until it was discovered that the Great Issues Committee planned a private party for Serling at an apartment complex near the uni versity — attendance limited to a pre-selected elite. Personally, I resent paying to bring a speak er to the campus, then having him whisked away to a private party. To my thinking, this should not be the purpose of Great Issues, or any organization sponsored by MSC funds. D. H. Crawford ’74 If you wish to continue to pub lish articles on the Mid-East sit uation at least give a two-sided story instead of the Zionist prop aganda that you have been feed ing your readers with in the past. Fouzi Ben-Ali As issues arise we try to give them full coverage. For example we will follow a court trial, peri odically printing stories on it un til it is is resolved. Frequently lack of space will not allow us to extend full coverage to world events. Israel and the Arab world have their problems, we have ours. Sorry if it seems biased. —Ed. ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Editor: Last September when Arab guerrillas attacked the Israeli olympiads in Munich you pub lished an article on the incident so biased that it should have won the Zionist Propaganda No bel Prize. Yet following the Mu nich incident you failed to let your readers know that 136 in nocent Lebanese civilians were murdered by Israeli commandos in retaliation to the Munich kill ings. You have also failed to publish that 113 Libyan Arab civilians were ruthlessly murder ed last February when their un armed civilian airliner was shot down by Israeli fighter planes. Editor: In a desperate, last minute search for information for a pa per on adolescent behavior, I scan the Readers Guide. The ref erences on my narrow research topic are few. The importance to my course grade significant — the paper counts fully half my semester grade. I rush to the isle containing one of the few precious references. I pull the copy from the shelf. Yes, this is the right one. I rapidly flip to the article I need to fill the final gaps in my paper. What? My God, it’s gone? Torn out! What now? Why didn’t they just use the Xerox machine ? It was only four pages. Or maybe just have taken notes. Instead they ripped it out — and left! M. T. Cochran NOTICE! CARS PARKED ON OUR PRIVATE PROPERTY OVERNIGHT WILL BE TOWED AWAY. THIS IS CUSTOMER PARKING AREA ONLY. AGGIELAND FLOWER & GIFT SHOP 209 University Dr. C.S. pent house 1 cocktail lounge located at plantation oaks apts, invites you to have a dri nk and a “sound” experience that is unforgettable overlooking the pool FOR BEST RESULTS TRY BATTALION CLASSIFIED SUZUKI SPORTS CENTER The Newest Suzuki Dealer in town. 2609 S. College 822-9430 We’re holding a drawing Sat. April 14 at 11:00 a. m., for a free Suzuki Motorcycle. The Diamond Darlings will attend the drawing. Come by and register before Sat. 14. Flying lessons. 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